Arbre Chatelain » Clothilde Marguerite COLLÉ (1825-1863)

Day of marriage June 16, 1852

• The temperature on June 16, 1852 was about 16.6 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. Source: KNMI
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  De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1852: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • March 1 » Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton, is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
  • March 20 » Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.
  • August 3 » Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event.
  • September 11 » Outbreak of Revolution of September 11 resulting in the State of Buenos Aires declaring independence as a Republic.
  • September 24 » The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 miles (27km) from Paris to Trappes.
  • October 11 » The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.

Day of death April 30, 1863

• The temperature on April 30, 1863 was about 9.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 29 » The Bear River Massacre: A detachment of California Volunteers led by Colonel Patrick Edward Connor engage the Shoshone at Bear River, Washington Territory, killing hundreds of men, women and children.
  • February 24 » Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
  • May 12 » American Civil War: Battle of Raymond: Two divisions of James B. McPherson's XVII Corps turn the left wing of Confederate General John C. Pemberton's defensive line on Fourteen Mile Creek, opening up the interior of Mississippi to the Union Army during the Vicksburg Campaign.
  • July 4 » American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia withdraws from the battlefield after losing the Battle of Gettysburg, signalling an end to the Confederate invasion of U.S. territory.
  • November 25 » American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge: At Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg.
  • November 27 » American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1847 » Charles, Austrian commander and duke of Teschen (b. 1771)
• 1863 » Jean Danjou, French captain (b. 1828)
• 1865 » Robert FitzRoy, English admiral, meteorologist, and politician, 2nd Governor of New Zealand (b. 1805)
• 1870 » Thomas Cooke, Canadian bishop and missionary (b. 1792)
• 1875 » Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766)
• 1879 » Emma Smith, American religious leader (b. 1804)